Israel Brightman (1750 - 1833)

Born 7 May 1750 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Bethana (Palmer) Brightman — married 15 Oct 1772 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 30 Jul 1833 at age 83 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Israel Brightman was born in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, on May 7, 1750, the son of Henry Brightman.^[1]

On October 15, 1772, in Little Compton, Israel Brightman, son of Henry and Hannah, married Bethany Palmer, daughter of Sylvester and Almy.^[2]

Heirs named in will:^[3]

• Israel Brightman, son
• Cornelius Brightman, son
• Lemuel Brightman, son
  • John Richmond Brightman, grandson (s/o Lemuel)
  • Holden Brightman, grandson
  • Eliza, granddau.
  • Hannah, granddau.
  • Eliphal, granddau.
• Rachel Macomber, dau.
  • Israel Macomber, grandson
• Bethana Manley, dau. [dec'd; to children of:]
  • Bethany Manley, granddau.
  • Temperance Turner Manley, granddau.

[ to be continued]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZVK-36G : 15 January 2020), Israel Brightman, 1750.
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3897/images/41384_2421406273_0007-00399
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9069/images/007703584_00155

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-GRM : accessed 13 November 2021), Toracl Brightman, Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 605, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 19; FHL microfilm 205,612.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #148154496